Andrea Ramsey just dropped out of the race to be the Democrat candidate in the 3rd district of Kansas. Mrs. Ramsey had been accused 12 years ago in a complaint filed by a subordinate of sexual harassment. According to reports, there was a lawsuit at the time and Mrs. Ramsey had not been a party to that suit. Her side of the story was never told at the time, and the case was settled in a confidential manner by her employer and the claimant. We don't know if there even was any payment made to the claimant.
Ramsey says she doesn't remember a few of the events to which the claimant made reference like a particular business trip at that time. She also denies that she ever harassed the claimant. That did not matter for the Democrat campaign committee, however. They cut ties with Ramsey once the allegations surfaced whether or not they are true. Ramsey says that in view of that action, she sees no reason to continue in the race.
So here are the Democrats basically eating their young in their haste to stay on the supposed right side of the sexual harassment mess. Ramsey seemed to be the Democrat with the best chance of unseating the incumbent Republican, but she has to go in the Democrats' McCarthy-like drive to convict people absent proof. Hopefully, she won't be the last Democrat to go down the tubes in this idiotic drive. It's one thing to get rid of someone like Al Franken where there's incontrovertible evidence he's a creep (like the photos). It's quite another thing to convict someone and dump them when there has never been an airing of the facts or an chance for the accused to bring forth an answer to those charges.
The whole thing had better slow down and become more responsible. We can't have mob rule, particularly when the mob is mostly the media.
Ramsey says she doesn't remember a few of the events to which the claimant made reference like a particular business trip at that time. She also denies that she ever harassed the claimant. That did not matter for the Democrat campaign committee, however. They cut ties with Ramsey once the allegations surfaced whether or not they are true. Ramsey says that in view of that action, she sees no reason to continue in the race.
So here are the Democrats basically eating their young in their haste to stay on the supposed right side of the sexual harassment mess. Ramsey seemed to be the Democrat with the best chance of unseating the incumbent Republican, but she has to go in the Democrats' McCarthy-like drive to convict people absent proof. Hopefully, she won't be the last Democrat to go down the tubes in this idiotic drive. It's one thing to get rid of someone like Al Franken where there's incontrovertible evidence he's a creep (like the photos). It's quite another thing to convict someone and dump them when there has never been an airing of the facts or an chance for the accused to bring forth an answer to those charges.
The whole thing had better slow down and become more responsible. We can't have mob rule, particularly when the mob is mostly the media.
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